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  • General Dynamics Concludes Navy Mine Countermeasure UUV Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Concludes Navy Mine Countermeasure UUV Tests

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems unit has tested a mine countermeasure unmanned undersea vehicle for the U.S. Navy during a round of contractor trials that occurred off the coast of Boston. The Knifefish UUV trials aimed to evaluate if the system could detect, classify and locate potential buried, bottom and volume type mine-test targets at various depths, General […] More

  • Navy Taps Boeing, Lockheed for Extra Large UUV Design Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Boeing, Lockheed for Extra Large UUV Design Contracts

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a $42.3 million contract to Boeing and a $43.2 million contract to Lockheed Martin to design an extra large unmanned undersea vehicle platform as well as deliver a technical data package. The contracts represent the first phase of the competitive Orca XLUUV acquisition program and include priced options for the project’s second phase, the Defense […] More

  • Hydroid Demos New Unmanned Underwater Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hydroid Demos New Unmanned Underwater Vehicle

    Kongsberg Gruppen‘s Hydroid subsidiary has demonstrated the capacity of an unmanned underwater vehicle to collect signals intelligence and launch an unmanned aerial vehicle during an in-water exercise. REMUS 600 UUV conducted a threat mission scenario at the U.S. Navy‘s Advanced Naval Technology Exercise that took place in Newport, Rhode Island last month, Hydroid said Tuesday. The platform was equipped with […] More

  • General Dynamics Demos C4 Capacities With Airborne, Underwater Assets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Demos C4 Capacities With Airborne, Underwater Assets

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat and mission systems businesses have showcased multiple mission command, control and communication capacities that connected a simulated submarine combat control center with unmanned underwater and aerial vehicles. General Dynamics said Tuesday it linked Bluefin Robotics-built UUVs and AeroVironment‘s Blackwing UAV to the AN/BYG-1 submarine control facility during the 2017 Advanced Naval Technology Exercise that took […] More

  • Leidos Tests Unmanned Maritime Vessel at Navy Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Tests Unmanned Maritime Vessel at Navy Exercise

    Leidos has showcased an unmanned test vessel designed to autonomously navigate and gather data at sea during the U.S. Navy‘s Advanced Naval Technology Exercise 2017. The company said Wednesday its R/V Pathfinder autonomous ship operated in the waters near Panama City, Florida, where it surveyed the sea floor and sent ocean and meteorological data to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center […] More

  • Boeing-Huntington Ingalls Team to Chase Navy Large UUV Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Huntington Ingalls Team to Chase Navy Large UUV Program

    Boeing and Huntington Ingalls Industries have partnered to design and build unmanned undersea vehicles as part of a joint pursuit of the U.S. Navy‘s Extra Large UUV program. The partnership will use HII’s design and production facilities in Huntington Beach, California; Newport News, Virginia; and Panama City, Florida, Boeing said Thursday. The Navy announced in January it plans […] More

  • Aquabotix UUV Placed on GSA Contract Vehicle for Govt Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aquabotix UUV Placed on GSA Contract Vehicle for Govt Procurement

    An Aquabotix-built unmanned underwater vehicle is now available for purchase on General Services Administration contract vehicles, Naval Today reported Tuesday. Aquabotix’s Endura UUV platform has been approved for federal, state and local government procurement via the GSA Schedule and GSA Advantage contract vehicles. “Inclusion on the GSA Schedule and in the GSA Advantage catalog now allows for […] More

  • General Atomics to Help DoD Build Lithium-Ion Battery for Shallow Water Surveillance Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Help DoD Build Lithium-Ion Battery for Shallow Water Surveillance Vehicle

    General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has received a contract to help the Defense Department produce a lithium-ion battery system for a portable unmanned underwater vehicle designed to support shallow water surveillance missions. The company said Monday it is part of an industry team that currently works with DoD to design, fabricate and test a Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant battery that will be […] More

  • DARPA Eyes New Concept for Undersea Payload Delivery Using Extra Large UUVs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Eyes New Concept for Undersea Payload Delivery Using Extra Large UUVs

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a presolicitation notice on a program that aims to create a new strategy for the delivery of undersea payloads via extra-large unmanned underwater vehicles. DARPA said in the notice posted March 20 at the FedBizOpps website the 45-month Hunter program will be executed in three parts for the […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Mature UUV Wireless Recharging Tech Under Navy Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Mature UUV Wireless Recharging Tech Under Navy Contract

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne a $1.6 million contract to mature a power and energy management system designed to remotely recharge underwater unmanned vehicles while undersea. The company said Friday it will also mature and demonstrate the system’s software in an effort to help the Navy prioritize and schedule UUVs that need wireless recharging. Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and President Eileen Drake said the […] More

  • General Dynamics, Navy Put Surface Mine Countermeasure UUV Through At-Sea Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics, Navy Put Surface Mine Countermeasure UUV Through At-Sea Test

    The U.S. Navy and General Dynamics‘ mission systems unit have evaluated a company-built autonomous surface mine countermeasure unmanned undersea vehicle during a series of tests held off the coast of Boston. General Dynamics said Monday the tests aimed to determine if the Knifefish UUV could detect and classify mines that pose potential threats to naval vessels at different depths of  water. […] More

  • Metron to Design Autonomous Tech for Navy UUVs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Metron to Design Autonomous Tech for Navy UUVs

    Metron has won a potential four-year, $33.9 million contract to help the U.S. Navy design, test and implement software to facilitate autonomous operation of unmanned undersea vehicles. The company will also design and integrate government-provided hardware to help address autonomy goals for various military missions, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work will occur in Virginia, California and Maine […] More